R.I.P. Cousin Haddy

This past week the girls had to say goodbye to Cousin Haddy. Since 2016 she lived with Aunt Mary where she had an awesome life being an only child. A constant shadow with tons of attitude. She will be missed.

Stick It Down - January Card

Here is the card that I made for my Adopt-A-School teacher. I made another 38 cards for her to either give to her students or have them decorate for their parents. In place of the sentiment in the sketch from Stick It Down I replace it with the cute little dog from SU.

Happy New Year!

It's been a busy few months and I haven't kept up with my scrapbooking. However I did manage to stay crafty over the holidays by making my first ever scarf which coincidentally matches one of my wool car coats perfectly. A few days ago I came across a cool video by Holly Pixels and decided to give it a try. Below are two family dog photos that I created using Procreate on an iPad.

 

Merry Christmas Card - Oh, What Fun

I hope all of you are having a happy and safe holiday season and thanks for taking the time to visit my blog. This card features one of Kristina Werner's Simon Says Stamps, "Furry Christmas". The inspiration came from Anne at Stamps and Paper.

Our Journey

This is a sympathy card that I made for some friends of ours that had to put down their beloved Gabby. Inside the card I included a family photo taken this past summer in Alaska. The wood veneer is from Cocoa Daisy and the Crazy Dogs stamp is from Tim Holtz.

Serendipity Sketch - July 2017

Here is this month's sketch from Miyuchi and a picture of Cousin Haddy. I kept all the colors very simple and plain by using papers from SU's Paw Parade.

Sympathy Card

Last week a friend of mine had to put down his young German Shepherd due to a rare infection called  diskospondylitis. I had this card base in my stash and was able to add a nice sympathy quote on the inside along with one of Tim Holtz's Crazy Dogs on the outside.

Stuck?! Layout #1 (Apr) - Firefighter

Last month my husband's grand nephew celebrated his 2nd Birthday. These pictures were taken at a local fire station earlier this year and were the inspiration for this sketch from Stuck?! Sketches. Many of the embellishments including the title came from Kirstin Aagard's kit titled "Great Balls of Fire". Enjoy!

Peace & Joy

Happy Holidays to you and your family. May 2017 bring you much Peace & Joy.

Tim Holtz - 12 Tags of 2016 (Sep)

This is definitely a twist on Tim's tag for September.  As you can see I did not have the embellishments or the stamp that Tim used so I decided to go completely outside the box and use Tim's Crazy Dogs stamp set while still using his techniques.

SBC - Sketch 488

Here's to a lazy Sunday afternoon. Scrapbook Challenges sketch #488.

Welcome Haddy!

Today our two girls (with 4 legs each) are going to meet their new their cousin Haddy.  She is a miniature schnauzer originally from Oregon and got to fly to California with her new mom to start her new life.  We thought it would be really cool to welcome her to the family with this dog themed card using supplies from SU.

SBC - Sketch 474

For this week's sketch from Scrapbook Challenges I thought it would be nice to celebrate Spring with some bright colors. Liam, my husband's great-nephew, is pictured here with one of his faithful companions...Charles. He celebrated his first birthday on March 14th.

OWH - Sketch #253

For this week's card I turned Operation Write Home's sketch #253 horizontally. I also got a head start on my Mother's Day cards...this one being for those doggie mamas out there.

 

National Black Dog Day

Black animals altogether, are the least adoptable pets in shelters because of their color. All too often, black dogs are overlooked because of many stigmas such as; the color black is evil (the same stigma that cats have), black dogs do not show up as well in photographs as muti-colored or light colored dogs and black dogs look scary and intimidating because you cannot see their facial expressions as easily, etc. They are easily overlooked when people are searching for a new dog and the first to be euthanized in overcrowded conditions.

This special day is devoted to creating public awareness about these beautiful, shiny fur babies that offer just as much unconditional love as any other dog and deserve just as much love back. Black dogs also show off colorful accessories much better than any lightly colored dog! Try buying your black dog a neon green or hot pink collar!

Please adopt a black dog and show the world how much light they have inside and out!

SBC - Sketch #410

Here is this week's layout for Scrapbook Challenge's sketch #410. These photos were taken at Brown Dog Ice Cream in Cape Charles, Virginia.

Sketch to Scrapbook :: Grid Collage

As you can see I've been making my way through Shimelle's sketches which are all due at the end of the month. For sketch #35 I choose 3 camera photos featuring our dogs and a really cute dog embellishment. Hope you're enjoying the last Saturday in June. 

OWH - Sketch #216

Happy St. Patrick's Day! Here is this week's card for Operation Write Home's sketch #216. I used a digital frame cluster from suzyqscraps as the focal point for my card; the circle in the background being a replacement for the oval in the sketch.

SBC - Sketch #382

Here is this week's page for Scrapbook Challenges sketch #382. Kobi is our rescue dog from Labrador Rescuers. She was found wandering the streets of San Bernardino and looked absolutely horrible but as you can see she cleans up nicely and has turned out to be a wonderful girl. I used Stampin' Up's MDS software to create the page. The title was a freebie from Salt Town Studio.

OWH - Sketch #185

Here is a quick and simple card for this week's sketch from Operation Write Home. I am a few cards behind and will be posting makeup cards shortly. Hope you're having a great Sunday.